VI.
Left with this truth, then,
Cheekbones like ice picks:
So forgive me for not asking
For for
Giveness
For not being more
Forthcoming.
Those who made it
out of Germany (one aunt, two
grandparents) left the Jewish
life behind. It rings
empty, nudges remembered
horrors awake.
It is just
I do not know Hebrew.
A tattoo.
I come forth
Out of such a deep
Replaced by root replaced
Colors done justice with pastels.
Connect us.